Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus in the Phantasmagoria

"Professor Simms teaches us how to understand that which is hidden - especially that which has taken place, presumably in public. He also brings us close to major historical figures and they become real people, as if for the first time. But Simms also teaches us about so much else: peril, survival, love, tradition, morality. He is a Master Teacher on this subject and he is also a playful and witty writer as well as an interdisciplinary thinker. Just as well. His thinking is deep and...
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"Professor Simms teaches us how to understand that which is hidden - especially that which has taken place, presumably in public. He also brings us close to major historical figures and they become real people, as if for the first time. But Simms also teaches us about so much else: peril, survival, love, tradition, morality. He is a Master Teacher on this subject and he is also a playful and witty writer as well as an interdisciplinary thinker. Just as well. His thinking is deep and his reading is wide. I recommend his work happily, and without hesitation." - Phyllis Chesler, writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island "I cannot think of anyone more perfectly suited to untangle the phantasmagoria of Dreyfus. Professor Simms is eminently qualified because of his knowledge and expertise, particularly on Marranism and psychoanalysis. This third volume is sure to be gripping and filled with surprising innovative thoughts about what Dreyfus was experiencing and its meaning and relevance for us." - Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin, PhD, Psychoanalyst; author of The Banality of Suicide Terrorism "The book is challenging, leading to unsuspected remote places along the way, and certainly highly rewarding to the unbiased reader." - Iakov Levi, Archaeologist-Psychohistorian, and Independent Researcher